MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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